Senator Boxer: HOPE for HIV-Positive Patients   

Thursday, February 14, 2013  

 

Dear Friend:

Today I joined with a bipartisan group of colleagues to introduce the HOPE Act (HIV Organ Policy Equity Act), which would end the federal ban on research into organ donations from HIV-positive donors to HIV-positive recipients and open a pathway to the eventual transplantation of these organs.  To read more, please click here.

With so many lives at stake, it is time to end this outdated federal research ban. This bipartisan bill would offer hope to thousands of HIV-positive patients by allowing researchers to determine safe and effective ways to transplant these organs and save lives.

Sincerely,

Barbara Boxer, US Senator, California
U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer